Heighington (/ˈheɪ.ɪŋ.tən/ HAY-ing-tən) is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

[10] The building is of 12th-century origin, is Grade II listed,[11] and was restored in 1619 as a chapel by Thomas Garratt, a 'fen-adventurer' of the fen drainage scheme.

Garratt gave lands for the support of the teaching of grammar and Latin and the reading of divine service within the chapel.

This teaching took place until 1864–65, after which a new attached school house was built by Michael Drury, the older structure reserved for Church of England worship.

[12][13] This grammar school was attached to the church until 1885, and later moved to the Thomas Garrett Arts, Crafts and Heritage Centre; it closed in 1976.

[16] According to Kelly's the parish of Washingborough, which included Heighington, had an 1881 population of 747, was of 2,147 acres (9 km2), and had agricultural production of chiefly wheat, oats and barley.

[17] A notable unlisted building is Heighington Hall, an 18th-century mansion with gardens designed by the noted landscape architect Edward Milner.

Five Mile House railway station on the Lincolnshire Loop Line, although close to Fiskerton, was also within the parish boundary.